#E5EC5A#E5EC5A

#E5EC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.166 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5EC5A
RGB	rgb(229, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(63, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -20.45, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 70.67, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0618 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.166 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1558, 77.3886, 21.2288)
Luminance	0.7739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5EC5A #615AEC

analogous

#ECAA5A #E5EC5A #9CEC5A

triadic

#E5EC5A #5AE5EC #EC5AE5

tetradic

#E5EC5A #5AECAA #615AEC #EC5A9C

square

#E5EC5A #5AECAA #615AEC #EC5A9C

split-complementary

#E5EC5A #5A9CEC #AA5AEC

monochromatic

#AFB715 #DCE623 #E5EC5A #EEF291 #F6F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E5EC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E5EC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5EC5A

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5EC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5EC5A	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.166 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f28f',
    500: '#e5ec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ec5a;
$custom-light: #f0f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.877,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91105,
    "c": 0.16581,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5EC5A

secondary

#3A34B6

accent

#0ADC14

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5EC5A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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